American voice actor
Travis Willingham
Willingham speaking in the 2019 San Diego Comic Con
Born Other names Kent Hampton Occupation Voice actor Years active 2000–present Spouse
Children 1
Travis Willingham is an American voice actor known for his character portrayals in video games and English anime
dubs . His notable roles include
Roy Mustang in the
Fullmetal Alchemist franchise, Cleo in
Glass Fleet , Ginko in
Mushishi ,
Portgas D. Ace in
One Piece , Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka in
Ouran High School Host Club ,
Yu Kanda in
D. Gray-man , and Cameron Campbell in
Camp Camp .
Willingham's video game roles include
Guile in the
Street Fighter franchise,
Knuckles the Echidna in the
Sonic the Hedgehog franchise,
Thor in various
Marvel games, and Issac Frost in "Fight Night Champion". He has been a recurring cast member of the web series
Critical Role since 2015, in which he and other voice actors play
Dungeons & Dragons . He co-founded the production company
Critical Role Productions that same year, for which he has served as
chief executive officer (CEO) since 2019.
Early life
Travis Willingham was born in
Dallas .
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[2] He has a brother named Carson.
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[3] He became interested in acting in fifth grade. After sixth grade, he moved from a private school to J.L. Long Middle School.
[2] He later graduated from
Woodrow Wilson High School ,
[4]
[5] and studied at
Texas Christian University . He moved to
Los Angeles in the early 2000s to pursue an acting career.
Career
Willingham rose to prominence in the voice acting world for his portrayal of
Roy Mustang in
Fullmetal Alchemist ,
[6] which he later reprised in
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood .
[7] His other notable roles include
Yu Kanda in
D.Gray-man , Cleo in
Glass Fleet , Ginko in
Mushishi ,
Portgas D. Ace in the
Funimation re-dub of
One Piece and
Takashi Morinozuka in
Ouran High School Host Club . He also voices
Thor in several
Marvel projects and
King Roland II in
Disney Junior 's
Sofia the First . From 2010 to 2018, he was the voice of
Knuckles the Echidna in the
Sonic the Hedgehog series.
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[9]
Willingham is also a main cast member of the popular
Dungeons & Dragons web series
Critical Role , where he played Grog in the
first campaign , Fjord in the
second campaign , and a dual role as Sir Bertrand Bell and Chetney Pock O'Pea in the
third campaign .
[10]
[11] Critical Role was both the Webby Winner and the People's Voice Winner in the "Games (Video Series & Channels)" category at the 2019
Webby Awards ;
[12] the show was also both a Finalist and the Audience Honor Winner at the 2019
Shorty Awards .
[13] After becoming hugely successful, the Critical Role cast left the
Geek & Sundry network in early 2019 and set up their own production company called
Critical Role Productions ,
[14]
[15]
[16]
[17] for which Willingham serves as
CEO .
[12] Soon after, they aimed to raise $750,000 on
Kickstarter to create an animated series of their first campaign, but ended up raising over $11 million.
[18]
[10] In November 2019,
Amazon Prime Video announced that they had acquired the streaming rights to this animated series, now titled
The Legend of Vox Machina ;
[19] Willingham reprised his role as Grog.
[20]
Personal life
On September 25, 2011, Willingham married voice actress
Laura Bailey in
Camarillo, California .
[21]
[22]
[23]
[24] They reside in
Los Angeles and have a son named Ronin (born 2018).
[25]
[26]
Willingham is a lifelong fan of the
Dallas Cowboys .
[27] Noted by some fans for his height of 6 ft 4 in (1.9 m) and athletic build, he has participated in some
triathlons .
[28]
Filmography
Voice acting
Anime
Animation
Film
Video games
Live-action
Film
Television
Web series
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